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{Baking, Family, Friends and Fun}

Oh my! It's been a month since I have blogged. I honestly have found it hard to keep up but I am blaming on family time! What better explanation could I have huh? Well, maybe BAKING ! Vanilla cake with chocolate sauce filling and cool whip with powdered sugar icing topped with sprinkles.  Chocolate with fresh strawberry filling with buttercream frosting and a touch of candy pearls. Butter cake with buttercream icing and chocolate sauce.   There has been a whole lot of baking going on at my house. I get in these moods at times. Family & friends have enjoyed my gifts of love. My daughter Melissa and I carried my granddaughter Kyleigh and one of her sweet friends to see Snow White. We had such a fun time with the girls. Our family enjoyed watching our granddaughter Adalynn in her first cheer competition. Her team won 1st place.  Our granddaughter Mallory attended her Junior prom and had the best time. I've decided that blue is her color! I thought this was the cutest pi...

{Baking, Family, Friends and Fun}

Oh my! It's been a month since I have blogged. I honestly have found it hard to keep up but I am blaming on family time! What better explanation could I have huh? Well, maybe BAKING!

Vanilla cake with chocolate sauce filling and cool whip with powdered sugar icing topped with sprinkles. 
Chocolate with fresh strawberry filling with buttercream frosting and a touch of candy pearls.

Butter cake with buttercream icing and chocolate sauce. 

There has been a whole lot of baking going on at my house. I get in these moods at times. Family & friends have enjoyed my gifts of love.

My daughter Melissa and I carried my granddaughter Kyleigh and one of her sweet friends to see Snow White. We had such a fun time with the girls.

Our family enjoyed watching our granddaughter Adalynn in her first cheer competition. Her team won 1st place. 


Our granddaughter Mallory attended her Junior prom and had the best time. I've decided that blue is her color!

I thought this was the cutest picture. She plays softball for the high school so this was fitting for her. 

I still remember the prom days. So much fun.

 


My friends of many, many years that try to get together once a month had a baking party. YES, more baking but what fun, laughter and yumminess we had. 
Butter horns, fresh bread and cinnamon rolls hit the spot. 


Our sweet granddaughter Adalynn will be celebrating her 9th birthday Wednesday so we celebrated today. 

AND YES, that meant more cakes! 


So now to enjoy a cup of goodness to my soul in my new sweet bunny mug and prop my feet up! Life has been busy but so thankful to do this thing we call life here on earth. God has surely blessed me with far more than I deserve. 

I loved this little self-care list so wanted to share.


 This sounds like a good self-care list to adopt.
I hope that you all have a wonderful week and a beautiful Easter. HE IS RISEN!

Hugs and blessings, Cindy

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  1. Hi Cindy, so nice to hear from you! I love all the sweet goodness you have created for your family and with you friends too! You have a beautiful family and you are blessed for sure! I like your bunny mug. My granddaughter has a white bunny and would love that mug! Have a great week!

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  2. What a happy list of baking, movies, friends, and beautiful family. You’ve been busy and enjoying life. Your cakes are amazing my friend. The girls are beautiful! Your list is something that we all should adopt, I agree. Yes, He is risen!

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  3. Love all of those self care steps. I need a refresher! The cakes all look amazing and delicious. Congrats to your granddaughter for her cheer competition and to you for sticking it out. Those are LONG! The baking party looked so fun and so did the Wicked party. Prom photos are gorgeous, loved the softball and glove shot too!

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  4. Cindy, you are enjoying life to the fullest. I love the family photos. All of your baking looks delicious. I am now craving something sweet. Happy week!

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    1. I am not sure what happens but that happens a lot to me when I am posting on someone's blog too.

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  6. I love all the sweets, but I’m on a no sugar diet.
    www.rsrue.blogspot.com

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    1. Well would you believe that I do not eat or taste of the majority that I bake? I do not have a sweet tooth but mercy don't give me pizza, or fried chicken because I can do some eating then. LOL!

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  7. Loved seeing all the yummy things you've been baking, and also the smiling faces of your beautiful family and friends (and YOU!), enjoying life together. What a blessing to have such friends and family near by! And your granddaughter's prom pictures are beautiful. Yes, I think that shade of blue is definitely her color. She's very lovely!!! Thank you for sharing your blessings with us. This all makes me smile and rejoice with you.

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  8. You're busy enjoying life with friends and family. Lots of baking going on and it all looks scrumptious. Me and my sweet tooth!
    Happy birthday to Adalynn>🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
    And a Happy and Blessed Easter to you and your lovely family.

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  9. Blue is definitely Mallory’s color! Lovely! And the wrist corsage is perfect!

    That white bunny mug is wonderful.

    #10 Let go of what you can’t control has been my “mantra” for several months now. It helps.

    And yes, I have learned to avoid the drama and negativity, all good advice!

    Yes, He is risen; He is risen indeed!

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    1. I thought her wrist corsage was so pretty too. Went perfectly with her beautiful dress.

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  10. I'm in cake heaven! Adalynn must have loved her wonderful Wicked cake!

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    1. Margie, she was giddy about the cake. She was surprised to see it as she thought she was just having cupcakes.

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  11. You're not just a baker, Cindy, you're an artist!!! So glad to see you back here blogging and sharing the photos of your amazing, beautiful family, too. Thanks for stopping by my blog to say hello - much appreciated! Blessings always!

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So glad you stopped by to visit.
Hugs and blessings, Cindy

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